Ziggurat

Mesopotamia civilization

By Kshitij
  • 5000 BCE

    Earliest evidence of human culture in Mesopotamia

    Earliest evidence of human culture in Mesopotamia
    Mesopotamia—mainly modern-day Iraq and Kuwait—in particular is often referred to as the cradle of civilization because some of the most influential early city-states and empires first emerged there—although it’s not the only place! Its modern name comes from the Greek for middle—mesos—and river—potamos—and literally means a “country between two rivers.” Those two rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates.
  • 4700 BCE

    Hassunah period: earliest pottery making culture

    Hassunah period: earliest pottery making culture
    Hassunah period: earliest pottery making culture
  • 3900 BCE

    mesopotamia Ubaids

    mesopotamia Ubaids
    Ubaid period: first well-known culture from southern Mesopotamia; the Ubaids give the first evidence of temple and other sophisticated architecture
  • 3200 BCE

    mespomia Cuneiform

    mespomia Cuneiform
    Initially, tokens were used to count goods, but with the increase in trade, things became more complex. Clay tablets with symbols were introduced as a way of keeping records. From 3100 BC, the state required every person to register their name along with details of their possessions
  • 3000 BCE

    mesopotamia Mathematics

    mesopotamia Mathematics
    The Mesopotamians were great mathematicians. They were the first to develop the place value system based on a number’s position in a sequence. The Babylonians based their math on the number 60, and this concept is known as the sexagesimal system